The expectancy-value muddle in the theory of planned behaviour - and some proposed solutions

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-55

  French, David P ^a,b   Hankins, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXPECTANCY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0037312489     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910703762879192     Document Type: Article

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